Subject	The one comment that really struck home
Posted by	vorpalZ on August 31, 2012 at 4:51 PM
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In Reply To	Truth posted by Adam (NoVA) on August 31, 2012 at 12:37 PM
Message	Is his story at the end about how his shop did an incredible tuning feat on T25 turbos only to have some kid watching beak off about how he saw something on the internet that made more power. We had Specialty Z come up and tune a bunch of cars this summer. One had a locally sourced and fabricated turbo kit installed on his 350Z. He was having problems before he ever got on the dyno, they had been troubleshooting it for months, different shops, etc. Car ran poorly, didn't build power with misfire under boost and continually throwing codes. The car wasn't on the dyno for 10 minutes and Greg & Seb found copper plugs in the car... nobody had bothered to check. I sold him a set of Iridiums that I had spare for my brother's TT 350Z on the spot. We installed them on the dyno and immediately problems started clearing up. Car dyno'd respectably for the size of the turbo kit, guy was happy. Now, you'd think that people would be sold on Iridium plugs for turbo cars... having just seen what happened. HELL NO... immediately on the local car forum: "I made over 600HP with those plugs on my boosted Z..." "these guys don't know what they're doing." "I've never had to change out plugs on my builds" on and on and on. I just shake my head. People are monumentally stupid. Thanks for the Friday vid, WARNING!   Forum posts are likely to contain traces of irony. If you believe you may be suffering from an irony deficiency please consult your physician. My Zs are hybrid vehicles, they run on gasoline and money ”Exhaust doesn't produce horsepower” - VERTTZ 13:17:22 06/26/12 I'm off to wax mine and go for a drive now. - BigTDogg (MA) 07:17:08 07/17/09 times change, people change, but the Z32 still kicks ass. - apudapus 16:46:02 06/15/07 I was more wondering how you set your climate control to 22* lol, it would be that fastest freezer on wheels! - Briscoe'sZ32 (NJ) 23:15:44 02/05/07 You have *got* to be getting a cut from B&B :D - SeedyROM 15:24:29 08/16/06 What do you think B&B stands for? - YugoBernie (NoVA) 15:57:09 08/16/06
Follow Ups	Truth - Adam (NoVA) 12:37:15 08/31/12 Re: Truth - Krazyd27(Houston) 13:15:14 08/31/12 incredible! - TTZEDHEAD 13:32:06 08/31/12 Agreed. Move to tech and VTF. (n/m) - ForceFedTT (SoCal) 15:32:43 09/01/12 Wow... - fuzzymonkey 13:56:04 08/31/12 You let them sell you a dream & you drive home a nightmare. (n/m) - Gordo 93TT Daytona 13:58:20 08/31/12 This must have been Ultimate z's motto - white22sky 16:06:52 08/31/12 I wish that video mag had text transcripts. (n/m) - johnnysombrero 14:10:57 08/31/12 That was a real treat to watch - Barry(TN) 14:26:53 08/31/12 Been there and done that. - TReedsZ 14:26:43 08/31/12 Agreed. - Boris 15:49:53 08/31/12 Vinny is a VQ guy - Shiers69 16:01:38 08/31/12 was thinking the same thing (n/m) - TTZEDHEAD 16:20:38 08/31/12 He actually had built VG motors also! - slick007l 20:30:14 08/31/12 Agreed. (n/m) - Mike TDK (NoVA) 16:38:04 08/31/12 LOL - thats classic Vinny Ten for you. You should hear him - ztunerz 16:47:01 08/31/12 Ohh yeah and i do get customers that have wasted all their - ztunerz 16:48:59 08/31/12 your inbox is full (n/m) - aliaZ 08:49:34 09/01/12 fixed ty (n/m) - ztunerz 15:09:01 09/01/12 The one comment that really struck home - vorpalZ 16:51:57 08/31/12 At the end of the day ... eh, let's go get a beer. - Ted (92TT) 17:15:14 08/31/12 i would love to watch it. All of u have vimeo plus? (n/m) - 90TT Zfan (E.Tenn) 17:35:33 08/31/12 why do you need vimeo plus? (n/m) - moxie (SF) 18:16:33 08/31/12 Re: i would love to watch it. All of u have vimeo plus? - Zsgetyoulaid 20:07:29 08/31/12 I used google chrome, worked fine (n/m) - MrOzzie5183 00:32:03 09/01/12 in short: don't try and tune cars if you're dumb (n/m) - WhiTTe Z 18:15:57 08/31/12 It goes beyond tuning. I saw a car blow up a few weeks ago - JonnyZ(SoCal) 18:41:57 08/31/12 by tuning i meant modifying as a whole (n/m) - WhiTTe Z 20:27:17 08/31/12 I dont want to sound dumb, - f1ym4n 20:14:13 08/31/12 dumb would be repeating - sounds like you learned - Adam (NoVA) 20:45:51 08/31/12 What I love is when someone comes to you and wants to - aliaZ 08:39:40 09/01/12 We have three labor rates at my shop: - zgene4 11:36:26 09/01/12 Haha! (n/m) - Jayru 11:41:26 09/01/12 somehow i seem to work a lot faster by myself (n/m) - ztunerz 15:09:46 09/01/12 yep - aliaZ 15:42:24 09/01/12 And pay much more attention to what your doing.... - Joe@ZSpeedperformance 20:51:48 09/01/12 Re: Truth - Tacotacoa 11:48:55 09/01/12 hes alittle harsh on the younger croud... - nissan300zxwork 18:48:25 09/01/12 *crowd, and i have to disagree with you - vulcanrush 21:19:40 09/01/12 Yes, consumers shouldn't expect a $50k job for $2k, but... - EUGENE 04:56:49 09/02/12
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